Subject: FW: CALENDAR: POLITICO California Playbook: HILLARY, surrogates hit LA, Oakland -- BERNIE gears up -- OXYCONTIN hell?
From: "Sorbie, Sean" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 06:38:41 -0700

Seen this?

From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 9:38 AM
To: Sorbie, Sean
Subject: CALENDAR: POLITICO California Playbook: HILLARY, surrogates hit LA, Oakland -- BERNIE gears up -- OXYCONTIN hell?

For the calendar!

-- Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders promises to maintain an aggressive effort in California, and hits Sacramento and the Bay Area Monday and Tuesday

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-- IN THE INBOX -- "The Republican National Committee invites you to the grand opening of the Republican Leadership Initiative (RLI) Office with RNC chair Reince Preibus, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 2 p.m., 11296 Beach Blvd., Stanton, CA.... RLI is key to the RNC's 2016 ground game strategy." Link to invite: http://politi.co/1Wd06Uf<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcadab7d80c91bc56b76902160d11d0d86806aec3d46c1c7d66>
From: Carla Marinucci [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 9:33 AM
To: Garcia, Walter
Subject: POLITICO California Playbook: HILLARY, surrogates hit LA, Oakland -- BERNIE gears up -- OXYCONTIN hell?

05/06/2016 09:30 AM EDT

By Carla Marinucci (@[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>) and Andrew Weber ([email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>)

Buenos dias and happy Friday, Golden State!

THE BUZZ: Maybe the curtain's been brought down on the Republican 2016 show in California, but Democrats didn't get the memo about the drama being over. Hillary Clinton, with surrogates in tow -- including Big Dog Bill -- was all over Los Angeles Thursday and will hit Oakland Friday afternoon for a real, live campaign event at La Escuelita School. And she'll do a fundraiser in San Francisco where the $45 cheap seats -- aimed at young professionals -- quickly sold out.

-- Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders promises to maintain an aggressive effort in California, and hits Sacramento and the Bay Area Monday and Tuesday. And his state surrogates are plenty busy. In Berkeley Thursday, POLITICO caught the Bernie Bus on tour with dozens of singing nurses, and talked with the head of the powerhouse National Nurses United, RoseAnn DeMoro, on what's ahead in California.

-- 'WE'RE IN IT TO WIN IT'' -- DeMoro told POLITICO that progressive voters are not going easy and not giving up the fight as California heads to the June 7 primary. Motivated? Some of her nurses have traveled on the bus from Iowa, hitting dozens of states and stops -- and they're going all the way to the Democratic convention, because "he's the only candidate for the 99 percent,'' she said. "They're fired up" -- and ready for Sanders' stops in California next week, just the start of a drive that will end in Philadelphia.

MORE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, CALIFORNIA EDITION:

-- "Clinton slams Trump's immigration plans, nudges Sanders to exit race in L.A. stops,'' by LATimes' Seema Mehta: "In front of a heavily Latino crowd in East Los Angeles, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Thursday castigated Donald Trump for reiterating his controversial plans to deport millions of immigrants after he became the presumptive GOP nominee earlier this week." http://lat.ms/1WdOSPa<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcae42f419779340c4d91e8f84dd92e9b075a0e232fefcf4c3e>

-- "Latino Legislative Caucus steps up attacks on Trump,'' by LATimes' Patrick McGreevy: http://lat.ms/1XaRJHE<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca0e1f228607fa09798914505a37c7ddf924963250da5506d2>

-- "Mexico's top diplomat goes silent on Donald Trump,'' by SacBee's Alexei Koseff: "Two months ago, Mexico's top diplomat made international headlines for calling Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's policies ignorant and racist. ... In a visit Thursday to Sacramento, she didn't even speak his name.'" http://bit.ly/1QTgFvO<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca0c5f951024a55cb9264ae3017439f5bf10c84e785df1fed8>

-- "Sanders' fundraising is slowing just when he needs it most - for California," by LATimes' Chris Megerian and Evan Halper: "Amid a string of big losses to front-runner Hillary Clinton in April, Sanders' fundraising for the month fell to $25.8 million - which would seem a significant amount, except that in both February and March, he raised nearly $20 million more." http://lat.ms/1Wcaiwh<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaebcf897595580239013b47bce133d241f2f1da07f594e1b2>

-- IN THE INBOX -- "The Republican National Committee invites you to the grand opening of the Republican Leadership Initiative (RLI) Office with RNC chair Reince Preibus, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 2 p.m., 11296 Beach Blvd., Stanton, CA.... RLI is key to the RNC's 2016 ground game strategy." Link to invite: http://politi.co/1Wd06Uf<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcadab7d80c91bc56b76902160d11d0d86806aec3d46c1c7d66>

-- "Bill Clinton praises Hillary's resume," by San Diego Union-Tribune's Joshua Stewart: "In a speech at the Balboa Park Club in a hall filled with approximately 850 attendees, the 42nd president painted a picture of how Hillary Clinton, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination, finds herself likely to face a political upstart with many supporters who are frustrated with the federal government - and how she's uniquely qualified to help them." http://bit.ly/1UCwfCY<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaeef5f9d303291dfb9cb1017b967234bbad37415dc0bd36e9>

-- CA CONCERN ABOUT MNUCHIN: The California Reinvestment Coalition -- group which advocates for bank reinvestment in the state's low income communities and communities of color -- had tough reaction Thursday to news Donald Trump has chosen Steven Mnuchin as his national finance chair. The group specifically cited Mnuchin's role as chair of the former OneWest Bank, and as a current director on CIT Group's board, saying "California communities are still waiting for reinvestment plans:" Link to full release: http://politi.co/1O0a7kC<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca58a33eec66c4c8fddadd8ca9ff75d79ac662fc98ef6c1ea1>

-- "Thanks a lot, Indiana: Here's what California Republicans could have had," by LATimes' Cathleen Decker and Seema Mehta: "Gone are visions of GOP<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaf4c72582aa66238a85355deaa511771f35534fd0c7f320b7> candidates chowing down at In-N-Out, walking the beach in their oxfords, pretending to understand the innards of high-tech inventions in Silicon Valley, gaping at cow herds in the Central Valley and braving the wind-swept cultural wilds of the City by the Bay." http://lat.ms/1Zju5ax<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca8de81a929e9b477f951adc7167fbcd84512c42a49b0bf34e>

-- GOOGLE THIS -- The advocacy group CREDO is escalating its campaign urging Google

not to sponsor the Republican National Convention across multiple channels "with a scathing video, in which people search on Google for the terms "scapegoating immigrants," "anti muslim hysteria," "sexism" and "racism" and are directed to clips of some of Trump's most offensive statements." Link to YouTube "Searching for Hate": <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca6cac746da28c7a0ab047014340f97e1a37873a5d72943bc7> http://bit.ly/1T3UwCw<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcade23e716f6d1c828f8b5b2c31f629d286a58d6a6fcad795f>

-- Assembly GOP Leader Chad Mayes @ChadMayes -- "I agree with @SpeakerRyan. I'm not there either. @realDonaldTrump hasn't proven ready for POTUS."

-- FENCE-GATE: IT'S ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME -- h/t Will Kane -- An update on the fence<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca90288a275b4772b45d5793b38933d51c59b52298eae302d8> the Secret Service tore down so Trump could get into the CAGOP convention: Turns out Californians are indeed going to fund Trump's border crossing. Bob Haus, a spokesman with Caltrans, wrote Will Kane <http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca58cddbca1d4dfe4ae7cd39853127e4290390c5d459115bdf> on Thursday to say that state crews had just finished repairing the section of damaged fence. "I just heard we fixed the five-foot section of fence with our own workers and with material we had on hand," Haus said. "We were done in less than an hour. The cost was minimal, and we did not file a claim against anyone." This situation was unique and required extra research, Haus said, because damaging a state fence is usually a "a deliberately unlawful action. Obviously, this is different."

-- PODCAST OF THE DAY -- Veteran political journalist Randy Shandobil's excellent "This Golden State" podcast explores Trump and his attacks on the media. He asked POLITICO, @ScottShafer, @SovernNation, and @sbjusc for our views. Link to podcast: http://bit.ly/1Nlk1wZ<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca9e484c6eabfacadd8fe8da8e4a66e75c9ea827b8cc807ce6>

-- TWEET DEL DIA -- Donald J. Trump @RealDonaldTrump -- "Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!" facebook.com/DonaldTrump/po...pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI

WELCOME to POLITICO's California Playbook! Got tips, story ideas, events, news releases or birthdays you think we should know about? Contact Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci. Or drop us an email at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> or [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

CALIFORNIA MIXTAPE:

-- SPECIAL REPORT: 'You want a description of hell?' OxyContin's 12-hour problem #InvestigatingOxy" by LATimes' Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion and Scott Glover: "OxyContin's stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin, and when it doesn't last, patients can experience excruciating symptoms of withdrawal, including an intense craving for the drug. The problem offers new insight into why so many people have become addicted to OxyContin, one of the most abused pharmaceuticals in U.S. history." http://bit.ly/1Wd18j8<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaf41e1f487067c21db293fc0e6c7d03940f0d360be5a45899>

-- "Rep. Mark DeSaulnier has leukemia -- and plans to seek re-election," by East Bay Times' Dan Borenstein: "His cancer has responded well to treatment. His prognosis is good. And he has even felt well enough to resume his meditative 8-mile runs on Mount Diablo." http://bit.ly/1XaSi4g<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaf6c21589a705037611f4d9f58b99f8f04de1eb32aeca71e8>

-- "Fate of Gov. Jerry Brown's parole initiative debated by California Supreme Court - LA Times' John Myers: "For more than an hour Thursday morning, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to overhaul prisoner parole rules should be allowed to earn a spot on the November ballot. In February, a Sacramento judge threw out the measure , ruling that Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris should not have allowed late amendments made by Brown." http://lat.ms/1Nl1XD7<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca1e092829bdba1541f6a0a67a414d38f66547591e86ae3c01>

-- "Former federal prosecutors to lead UC probe of Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi,'' by SacBee's Diana Lambert and Sam Stanton: http://bit.ly/21ClD8c<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca7cb00fc67bcc8007d075ba5e3da1e35961e4bc6420f816f5>

-- "Are Sacramentans stingy? Charitable giving falls short of state and nation," by SacBee's Phillip Reese: "This week marked the Big Day of Giving in the Sacramento area, when the region's nonprofits appeal for financial help. It's as good a time as any to ponder an uncomfortable fact: Sacramento residents, on average, tend to devote a smaller portion of their income to charities than the rest of the state and nation." http://bit.ly/26XHIBP<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaf6365adbd0dffc04afb4c73848badbb7b26e78aaaa9488dc>

-- "Torrance refinery explosion cost California drivers $2.4 billion in high pump prices, study says,'' by Daily Breeze's Nick Green: http://bit.ly/1TvwRW1<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca1fe824a300afc631d46945afb98d178155fb91842b1294aa>

-- "Cost estimate of Los Angeles-area gas leak hits $665 million," by Brian Melley in the San Diego Union-Tribune via AP: "San Diego-based Sempra had estimated costs of $330 million in its annual report in February, but that was before courts forced its Southern California Gas Co. to continue paying to house thousands of relocated residents." http://bit.ly/1YbfptK<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca3adc2ae7f21952b571605302a33f8d338cbb19bed7056dbe>

-- "L.A. sees another sharp rise in homelessness and outdoor tents," by LATimes' Gale Holland and Peter Jamison: "Homelessness increased in the last year in the city and county of Los Angeles, leaving nearly 47,000 people in the streets and shelters despite an intensive federal push that slashed the ranks of homeless veterans by nearly a third, according to figures released Wednesday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority." http://lat.ms/1SRSr7v<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcab9fc1a70aaf9ea8fe9f037afe1f31e6791697cc4f0a41a8e>

-- "LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of 'Shield' actor, documents show," by SacBee's Matt Hamilton and Richard Winton: "Los Angeles Police Department detectives found an alternative way to bypass the security features on the white iPhone 5S belonging to April Jace, whom the actor (Michael Jace) is accused of killing at their South L.A. home in 2014, according to a search warrant filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court." http://bit.ly/1T1bheE<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcae0b874c004c49cf73516067a35152fb47c391a554c7968d5>

-- "Oakland's tourism industry keeps strong momentum going," by San Francisco Business TImes' Jean Lee: "Oakland received high tourism numbers once again in 2015, with 2.6 million overnight visitors spending $1.6 billion in Oakland and generating 94,000 tourism-related jobs." http://bit.ly/1UCBfY8<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca3caeb7424a3609d8005f9779be6bdd4bad6e8e619a608a5a>

-- "When in drought: the California farmers who don't water their crops,'' by The Guardian's Charlotte Simmonds: "There's something different about Will Bucklin's grape vines. At first it's hard to notice, but a drive through northern California's Sonoma Valley, past waves of green, manicured vineyards, makes it clear. The black ribbon of PVC irrigation pipe that typically threads the vines is curiously absent here - because Will doesn't water his crops." http://bit.ly/1SPXpFa<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcadeabdcafb46fe51949576a7df072c9d6734e47bbae64a55e>

-- "Is Shakespearean Tragedy Brewing for the State Budget?," by Joel Fox, Fox&Hounds Daily: " The state budget cauldron is boiling with forces approaching that could doom California's bottom line. State officials reported that income tax revenue has dropped 7% from the previous April, the biggest tax collection month. Predictions had the income tax actually increasing this April. Nearly half the income tax comes from the top 1% of income taxpayers." http://bit.ly/1SRPlR1<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaaea223b932a514f8cf07ebd6bae2dd996788b787c0ba1b7f>

#2016 RACES:

-- #CHEVRONCHERYL? -- That's what opponents -- "a coalition of environmental justice, community and labor organizations," including the United Food and Commercial Workers union -- have labeled Inland Empire Democratic Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown in a multi-platform new ad campaign that centers on a $1 million donation from the oil giant to a pro-Brown PAC. Among the ways they're getting out the message: Twitter (@ChevronCheryl and #ChevronCheryl), and a new attack ad. Link to new You Tube ad: https://youtu.be/dxiSgmsPf8A<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcace0465f263156a6f532a6961e08b84b01aab222a5f04a570>

CALIFORNIA CULTURE:

-- TRENDWATCH -- Strava Speeds Help Mountain Bikers Get Banned From California Park, via Teton Gravity Research: "According to the Los Altos Town Crier, the city of Los Altos Hills, which sits adjacent to Silicon Valley, finalized a proposed ban on mountain bikers at a city park this winter after Strava speeds of area riders topping 20 miles per hour - speeds one council member called "just incredibly unacceptable" - were found recorded in the town's Byrne Preserve." http://bit.ly/1rYye9I<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca86887e0167e72bdddd9ccff4af8437f176bae1c8fa7dcba5>

-- "Men Have Book Clubs, Too," by NYTimes' Jennifer Miller: "None of the men in the Man Book Club had a problem with the bull-castration scene in "The Power of the Dog," a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage. But more than one member of this all-male reading group in Marin County, Calif., got squeamish when the host announced that the taco appetizers he had prepared that night were filled with ground-up Rocky Mountain oysters - that is, animal testicles." http://nyti.ms/1SPPfg1<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaddc65e296e45094526e19a2f38105129119d8b7da4c0fa63>

MEDIA MATTERS:

-- "Univision Swings to First-Quarter Profit, Ad Revenue Rises 5.1 Percent," by the Hollywood Reporter's Georg Szalai: "The Spanish-language media giant, which is planning an IPO, posted earnings of $65.7 million, compared with a loss of $139.7 million in the year-ago period." http://bit.ly/24v5TsB<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca50d29b24ad50f0a8c3a3eb45545ccd72c7a351f877108b5b>

-- How Univision sees income inequality story: "Silicon Valley es de los ricos: Familias pobres dejan San Francisco, San José y Oakland" -- http://bit.ly/1UCCJSa<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca90513e300c77904f668db1e7cf92348a5a6967dae70cd267>

VALLEYLAND:

-- "Facebook, Apple and Amazon to lobby next president over tech worker visas,'' via The Guardian: "In an open letter expected to be published on Wednesday, a host of trade bodies representing technology firms will lay out 12 policy recommendations including pledging support for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, urging more 'narrowly targeted government access to user data' and recognition of encryption as a 'critical security tool.'" http://bit.ly/1WLIxZV<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcacc5090b61fbc5e8f4e093807b044355ec1a9b05c7f0ef336>

-- "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan name education head," by Silicon Valley's Queenie Wong: "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are on a quest to improve education, and the couple on Wednesday turned to an experienced hand to lead these efforts: Jim Shelton, former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education." http://bayareane.ws/26XN2Fq<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcab0584eaac3e8653856dd4e4a7ec955c9ad2c72b5f8a0f1a9>

-- "Infighting Threatens to Fell a Venture Capital Firm," by NYTimes's Katie Benner: "Xfund, a venture capital firm formed in 2011 as technology start-ups boomed, began coming undone last year when the relationship between its two partners soured. The two venture capitalists, Patrick Chung and Hugo Van Vuuren, argued over the dismissal of an employee and who controlled the firm. Now the firm, which manages more than $100 million and has put money into start-ups like the genetics company 23andMe, is in salvage mode." http://nyti.ms/1rwPbaG<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca6d248ca2d588a4318c3232ceafab04236637558019316348>

CUPERTINO, CA: WHERE ELSE?

-- "Apple, Facebook and other tech firms urge presidential candidates to support encryption as 'critical security tool' and more," by Reuters via VentureBeat: "Thirteen U.S. industry groups representing technology companies Amazon, Uber, Apple, Facebook and others are pushing for the next U.S. president to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and to make it easier to hire high-tech workers from abroad, according to a joint letter seen by Reuters." http://bit.ly/1T3MklX<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca51b8fa689421f7fdceb3a96f54a75fbd999e821237c3563a>

-- "Apple, Set to Move to Its Spaceship, Should Try More Moonshots," by NYTimes' Farhad Manjoo: "The deeper question is whether Apple can keep its place as the North Star of the tech firmament. Can the company build the next great platform in computing, as it did the last one? Are its best days ahead of it, as Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive, insists - or is the new campus the capstone of an era of Apple dominance that we will never see again?" http://nyti.ms/1Zj3D0A<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca003c7c5ec122884d767a1225e035dbac43bbc33f5460678a>

-- "Cupertino's mayor: Apple 'abuses us' by not paying taxes," by the Guardian's Nellie Bowles: "The mayor of Cupertino plans to keep pushing Apple to contribute more to the town. Apple paid $9.2m in tax revenue to Cupertino in 2012to 2013, which was about 18% of the city's general fund budget,according to an economic impact report. Coincidentally that was also exactly the same amount CEO Tim Cook was paid in 2014." http://bit.ly/1Nl1lxi<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaf977eff0300569e6cdc35fb74e07ae3f0eef71da08eeb394>

HOLLYWOODLAND:

-- "How Hollywood Plays Immigration Game to Get Shortcuts for Stars,'' by Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter: "Amid fractious debate on migrants, refugees and a border wall, the U.S. government has a fast pass that lets famous foreigner like Justin Bieber and Hugh Jackman get visas in weeks, with the program expanding at a rate of 50 percent in Hollywood in the past four years as upward of half of petitions come from Britain.'' http://bit.ly/1QTgl0d<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca5d87f04ed9fcbcad759023078113f0e21f0aea872514ba0d>

-- WET HOT AMERICAN SUMNER -- POLITICO's Joe Pompeo reports: The Sumner Redstone saga has industry insiders salivating in Hollywood and Times Square as the long-awaited trial probing the 92-year-old Viacom and CBS chief kicks off in Los Angeles today. This soap opera's got it all: power, sex, divorce, family intrigue and a $42 billion media empire to boot. So it's easy to see why publications from the California trades to the New York tabloids have been all over it. The New York Times has three stories in its business section today raising the curtain on the proceedings (A:http://nyti.ms/1SQAZ6F<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca72976e0da5226de3afe31c2b84f4bdda9848af332539cea8>; B: http://nyti.ms/1WbzlPl<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca9efaa2dccb4ab4e0ad16f43e35c43ddb2cae4035220ab9b7>; C: http://nyti.ms/26XOLur<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca768169095f089ba0ca22f3d942e2cb5ad4656b70544ed957>). Last night, Fortune dropped a three-part, supposedly 16,000-word feature on the whole affair: "The Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone" (http://for.tn/1O0wer9<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca6295b813a2ccb336329e965fd03c6d6be54dec0b44e55f5e>). And you can expect a lot more where that came from over the coming week-the trial is scheduled to last five days.

-- h/t POLITICO Media Pro: Hollywood director Rob Reiner -- a longtime activist in California politics, especially in early childhood education issues -- hit MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this week, to lambaste the media (and the show) for being too soft on Trump. Scarborough offers a strong response, however. http://on.msnbc.com/1WagHrf<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca154e1d6629cf88ccdcd2ed1f365d7b88d37e1703ee7709d5>

-- "Norman Lear Calls on Hollywood Democrats to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton," by the Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters and Mia Galuppo: http://bit.ly/1T1bjmH<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcaedeff7f8cc6eeded2277433abbad89c7a42d4740dcbb0c59>

-- "Hollywood Conservatives to the Never-Trumpers: Time to Rally Around the Donald," by the Hollywood Reporter's Paul Bond: http://bit.ly/1QTiaKB<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fcad664faf2702724a647ebc28ffb938759d2d9e14c757a7e4c>

ENDORSEMENTS:

-- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Del Beccaro has announced endorsements from three state GOP officials associated with the Ted Cruz campaign for president -- Michael Schroeder, Cruz Campaign California Political Director/State Co-Chair; Gary Aminoff, Cruz Campaign Los Angeles County Volunteer Chairman and Adam Abrahams, Cruz Campaign Los Angeles Co-Chair.

-- SFChronicle joins East Bay Times in endorsing Republican Debora Allen in Assembly District 14 race: "Democrat Mae Torlakson, the perceived front-runner, proved flat-out unprepared to engage questions on various major issues in the Legislature. In some cases, she waffled or offered platitudes; on others, such as proposed reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, she demonstrated no knowledge of the subject." http://bit.ly/1YbWBdP<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=237ea0bab3e01fca8ec8bf1e22d5e1615165209c2cf52824a89c6b72ac5cb21f>

EVENTS:

-- U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris delivers keynote Friday, May 6 at the Santa Clara County Democrat's Jefferson-Jackson dinner in San Jose. Details: 6:45 p.m., Fairmont San Jose Hotel in the Imperial Ballroom located at 170 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Media Contact: Nathan Click, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

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